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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2024 20:31:46 GMT
There was a shooting in a concert hall near Moscow. According to Baza, at least 12 people were killed and another 35 were injured. There is no official information about the casualties yet.
A concert of the group “Picnic” was supposed to take place at Crocus City Hall. The musicians did not have time to go on stage - they were in the dressing room when the shooting started. The building accommodates 7.5 thousand people.
After the shots, the armed people threw a grenade or incendiary bomb, which started a fire, RIA Novosti reported. Employees of the Moscow SOBR and OMON were alerted. 50 medical teams rushed to the scene.
According to eyewitnesses, there were at least 4 shooters. Panic broke out instantly: as Caution Media reports, there was no planned evacuation. Some people fled from the concert hall through broken windows.
Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov went to the scene of the emergency. An operational headquarters has been created.
— Today a terrible tragedy occurred in the Crocus City shopping center. My condolences to the loved ones of the victims. I gave orders to provide all necessary assistance to everyone who suffered during the incident,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote in his tagger channel.
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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2024 20:35:05 GMT
How did the Russian authorities and the world community react to the attack? Two hours after the shooting began at Crocus City Hall, President Vladimir Putin, who was re-elected for a new term last weekend, did not comment on what happened. But his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the head of state was informed about what was happening “in the first minutes of what happened” and he receives all the operational information.
Former Russian President and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev expressed condolences to the families of the dead and injured. At the same time, he admitted that the attackers may be associated with the “Kyiv regime.”
Advisor to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Mikhail Podolyak, rejected accusations of Kyiv’s involvement. According to him, Kyiv is in no way involved in this attack.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, even before the appearance of official information about the victims of the attack on Crocus City Hall, expressed condolences to the relatives of the victims.
“Today a terrible tragedy occurred in the Crocus City shopping center. My condolences to the loved ones of the victims. I gave orders to provide all necessary assistance to everyone who suffered during the incident,” Sobyanin said.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the ministry has been receiving calls from around the world from ordinary citizens expressing condolences in connection with the terrible tragedy at Crocus City Hall.
“Now, as the Russian authorities have stated, all efforts are being devoted to saving people. The entire world community is obliged to condemn this monstrous crime!” Zakharova said.
She also said Washington, which two weeks ago warned its citizens against traveling to Russia and warned of an almost imminent attack on a mass event in Moscow, should hand over to Russian authorities any credible information about the attack, if any.
The administration of US President Joe Biden expressed condolences to the relatives of those killed, as well as those injured in the attack on Crocus City Hall.
“We all see messages and video footage from Moscow. We are trying to get more information. The footage is simply terrible, it is very difficult to see. This is a difficult day, our thoughts are with them [the families of those killed and injured],” said National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby.
Deputy Spokesperson of the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq also expressed condolences over the deaths in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow. “We are saddened by the loss of life and are trying to get more information,” he said.
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz expressed condolences to Russia after the attack on the concert hall. He said terrorism was “the scourge of the whole world.”
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic announced the convening of a meeting of the National Security Council on March 23 in connection with the attack on Crocus City Hall, the TASS agency reported.
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of deceased politician Alexei Navalny, called what happened at Crocus City Hall a nightmare. According to her, “everyone involved in this crime must be found and held accountable.”
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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2024 20:52:24 GMT
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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2024 20:58:42 GMT
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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2024 22:18:39 GMT
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert venue complex near Moscow Friday that left at least 40 dead and more than 100 wounded after assailants stormed the venue with guns and incendiary devices.
The terror group took responsibility for the attack in a short statement published by ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq on Telegram on Friday. The group did not provide evidence to support the claim.
Video footage from the site of the attack, the Crocus City Hall concert venue, shows the vast complex, which is home to both the music hall and a shopping center, on fire with smoke billowing into the air. State-run RIA Novosti reported the armed individuals “opened fire with automatic weapons” and “threw a grenade or an incendiary bomb, which started a fire.” They then “allegedly fled in a white Renault car,” the news agency said.
State media Russia 24 reported the roof on the venue has partially collapsed.
The attack unfolded before the music group Picnic was set to preform, according to Russia 24. The band’s manager told state media that the performers were unharmed.
The Russia Prosecutor General’s Office said “Unidentified people in camouflage broke into Crocus City Hall and started shooting before the start of the concert,” according to TASS.
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